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Jacqueline McAllister Obituary

McALLISTER
JACQUELINE M. (nee Erdman) Feb. 16, 2004, loving mother of Sherri M. Prinos, Stacy L. Carsley and Jacqueline M., dear sister of Dorothy M. Johnson and Martin D. Erdman Jr., devoted Mom-Mom of Lea, Jimmy, Melina and Madison, companion of Fred E. Diehl and friend of William E.; also survived by her little buddy "Bailey'. Relatives, friends are invited to call Sat. 9:30 A.M. at THE WM. G. MALLOY FUNERAL HOME, 625 Byberry Rd. (east of Bustleton Ave.). Funeral Service 10:30 A.M. Int. Sunset Mem. Park. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the American Cancer Society, 1626 Locust St., Phila., PA 19103 would be appreciated by the family.

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Published by Philadelphia Inquirer/Philadelphia Daily News on Feb. 18, 2004.

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February 8, 2008

HI JACKIE, IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I LAST SPOKE TO YOU. MY LOVE FOR YOU IS STRONGER THEN EVER. I HAVE BECOME A GRANDMOTHER FROM BOTH OF MY KIDS, I HAVE A GRANDDAUGHTER, AND A GRANDSON. JACKIE I WISH YOU COULD BE HERE TO SHARE MY HAPPINESS, BUT I KNOW YOU ARE THERE IN YOUR WAY SEEING,ENJOYING AND PROTECTING THEM AS YOU DO YOUR OWN. JACKIE EACH DAY THAT GOES ON DOES NOT GET EASIER, IT GETS HARDER. I GUESS I WILL GO TO THE CEMETARY THIS SATURDAY, IT WILL BE FOUR YEARS, GOD I WISH YOU COULD BE HERE WITH US. I WILL TALK TO YOU AGAIN. JACKIE WE ALL LOVE YOU. YOUR SISTER DOT

B McAllister

April 14, 2006

Hey Mom, Sorry i have not wrote to you in a long time, it is just so hard. It has been a little over 2 years since you left us, and trust me when i tell you that this is never going to get any easier. They say time heals the pain, but mom there is no way that time will ever heal this pain. I guess it is just something that you learn to deal with and live your life. This is just so hard that i cant even explain it. I have been going through alot lately and i just want you to help me get through everything. Mom i need you more then ever, you were always my rock & you always will be. Please give me a sign when you get a chance. I know you are around i can sense it. The kids miss you so much, and they are so big you would be so proud and i'm sure you are. Madison's b-day is coming up and mom let me tell you she is a hand full and the stuff that comes out of her mouth i'm sure you are looking down laughing. Sami is getting big also and she sure is a little ham. On to Sherri's three, they are so big. Lea speaks of u very often she was so attached to you. She is alittle cocky but i guess she is at that age. Jimmy has calmed down and alot & is doing good in school and loves his sports. Melina reminds me alot of you with some of the faces she makes i always tell her you look like mom-mom and she smiles. Please help everyone of us to continue to get by, easter is coming up and the holidays are really bad 4 me. They are not the same. Continue to look over the kids even though i know you never left them. Bailey is missing you also he is doing good though. He is still wild and i'm sure you see him on the sofa we cant figure out when he started that. It was funny though. Tell Aunt vickie, poppy, grams and nana I miss them all. I wish we all had more time together. We will all be together someday as a family again laughing, joking and having a good time and i cant wait. Until then just keep an eye on us & have fun. I know sometimes you all are cracking up at us. I'm gonna go gotta get up early. I will write soon until then i will continue to talk to you like i do everyday. I LOVE YOU MOM & MISS YOU SO MUCH!

B McAllister

December 26, 2005

Hey Mom,

Sorry I have not wrote to you in a long time. I have been really busy i'm sure you know this already. I wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas, this was the 2nd Christmas without you. Trust me when i say it's really tough. I will write soon in the mean time i will just talk 2 you like i always do. Thanks 4 the other day Mom, u Helped me through it! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I love & miss you more everyday.

stacy carsley

December 14, 2005

HI MOM,

I'M REALLY SORRY I HAVEN'T WRITTEN,MY COMPUTER WAS SO OLD AND NOW WE HAVE A NEW ONE.

CHRISTMAS IS SO CLOSE AND I'M MISSING YOU MORE THEN EVER. MADI IS ALMOST 3NOW. SAM IS SOOOO CUTE AND THEY ARE KEEPING ME VERY BUSY.

I'M SO LONEY WITHOUT YOU. SOME DAYS ARE SO HARD. I KNOW YOU ARE AROUND TOO, MY PICTURES OF THE KIDS ARE ALWAYS TURNED, IT MAKES ME SMILE AND LAUGH THANKS.

MISSING YOU MORE THEN YOU WILL EVER KNOW.

LOVE STACY

ROBIN CLARK

December 8, 2005

HI, JACKIE IS ME AGAIN, ITS GETTING CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS AND I CAN'T HELP BUT

TO THINK OF YOU, YOU GAVE ME SO MANY OF MY DECORATIONS, ITS LIKE I CAN SEE YOU IN THEN. ONCE AGAIN I AM ALL DECORATED

AND AS READY AS IM GOING TO GET FOR THE HOLIDAY'S, I'LL BE OUT TO SEE YOU SOON AS I HAVE A CARD FOR YOU.

SEE YOU SOON.

Robin clark

September 25, 2005

Hi Jackie I know it has been a long time, but you know I talk to you all the time, I could just hear you laughing the day I got lost in the cematary, with that man following me.

You would be so proud of your girls,

they are all doing great, Sherry being a nurse now, and B working for the Red Cross, and Stacy with her second little girl, you were right once again when you said she would have a girl, I know you would just love her so much, she looks so much like madison. Little Samantha Victoria 7 lbs 5 ounces. I know you were watching the day she was born.

Now my Stacey is trying to have a baby, and having a lot of trouble,

just like your stacy, please say a little prayer for her. Its been ruff

this year you know that I had both breast operated on 3 days before I had Ricks 50th b-day party, you would have loved that party we had about 50 people. Ricks mom is not doing to good, he had to put her in

woodriver village in bensalem, now they have to sell her house, what a mess. My mom just sold her house at the shore, and we have been going back and forth to bring home her stuff, I have so many memories of you and me at the shore, remember

wildwood the bike shows, Im so glad that I got to share that with you. Well Rick is not home he is out with Fred, and Im typing on Ricks computer in your guest book entry its only about a 2 inch area on his

computer, i can't see if Im spelling things right so bare with me.

Remember when I met you, you only had 1 grandchild, now you have 5.

I miss you so much, life has changed

for me so much without you in it, the guys go hunting and to gun shows alot, Rick is still getting lots of tattoos. An guess what THOR just turned 13 years old, he is still going strong. I hear that bailey is doing good too, well I'll talk to you again later.

LOVE

ROBIN

Jackie ( B ) McAllister

May 8, 2005

Hey Mom

Sorry i have not wrote to you in awhile, it is just so hard. I miss u so much. It's not getting any easier, but all of us are hanging in there. Well today is Mother's Day I hope you had a good day. I'm sure Aunt Vickie, Grams, Nan & you were all together relaxing & enjoying your day. Make sure you let them know i was asking about them. I know all of you & a few others are together. Mom please help us get through this, it is just so hard. Well i'm gonna go Mom, talk to you soon.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MOM!!

I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART & MISS YOU.

Love, B

Eileenmarie Reppert

April 27, 2005

I just wanted to say "thank you"for the beautiful day you gave us all on Sunday for Madisons birthday party..It was a cool/cloudy morning and when I got off the phone with Stacy I was thinking of you and the sun came out. I know many people don't believe in signs, but I am one of the ones who do. It turned out to be a beautiful day(just a little windy). My little Michael thinks Madison is the best thing in the world. They are inseperable somedays and other days fight like brother and sister. Julianna just sits back and watches it all..and yes you were right I did have a girl. You told me that from day one and I will never forget that. I talk to Stacy every day and she seems to be doing well. I've told her Im always here if she needs someone to lean on. Its nice to have a neighbor who is also your bestfriend. We all miss you..Love Eileen

Lea Prinos

September 21, 2004

Mom-Mom,

I miss you. I went with Aunt Stacy to see you and great-great grandma and great-great grandpa and Aunt Vickie. We got you Halloween stuff. We got a scarecrow and a pumpkin (but not from the pumpkin patch). I wanted to know if you liked it better up there or down here. I love you. Me and Jimmy were crying at night because we wanted you. I want you to come back. Melina always asks where you are and then Aunt Stacy says your sleeping with the angels. At me and Madi's birthdays, we let balloons go for you up in the sky. I wanted to know if you got them. When I listen to these songs, some parts make me think of you. Here’s the first one:



So many words for the broken heart

It's hard to see

So hard to breathe

Walk with me, and maybe

Nights of light so soon become

Wild and free I could feel the sun

Show me the meaning of being lonely

Tell me why I can't be there where you are

There's something missing in my heart

Life goes on as it never ends

Eyes of stone observe the trends

They never say forever gaze

There's no control

Are you with me now?



Here’s the second one:



Everytime I try to fly

I fall without my wings

I feel so small

I guess I need you

And everytime I see you in my dreams

I see your face

I guess I need you

I make believe

That you are here

It's the only way

I see clear.



I love you and I’ll talk to you later.



Love <3,

Lea

xoxo

Jackie ( B ) McAllister

August 17, 2004

Hey Mom, It's me again, today is actually six months that you haven't been with us. I know you are with us, but it's not the same. I want to see & talk to you & ask your advice on many of things. I still ask you i'm sure you here me. Sometimes I know what you would say & other times I'm just stuck on what to do. I can ask other people for advice, but honestly it's not the same. I need you so bad mom, my heart aches so bad. Please help to lean me in the right direction I'm just so confused. Help all of us find the strength to go on. I'm sure you are looking over all the grandchildren, Mom they are all getting so big. We just celebrated Lea's 8th birthday another ocassion without. I hope you got the balloons Melina & I sent to you. She was so cute she kissed the ballon & said I love you Mom-Mom, & let it go and waved to it. Mom here is something I found in a book & wanted to share it with you, because this is how I feel.



As a child

held close in your arms,

i was safe, I was loved

my first stumbling steps were taken

while tightly clasping your hand.

When I was brave enough

to step out on my own,

your praise & encourgement were there, as were your arms,

to pick me up when I fell.

First day of school, first bike ride, first date, first heart ache.

All the first of a lifetime & you were there.

Somehow you always knew when to praise, when to reassure, when to help me up & when to let me get up on my own.

In my mind, I can hear the echo of your voice through the years

In my memory, you smile

I close my eyes & can feel your loving arms.

You are ever near me

held close in your heart

I'am still safe, I'am still loved,

and I LOVE YOU, MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY. (mary george)



Mom I Miss you so much.

Beyond the world as we know it there is a place where we will all meet again where we will never have to say goodbye.

Love you

Jackie ( B ) McAllister

July 5, 2004

Hey Mom,

I wanted to say hi. I hope you had a nice 4th of July. Mine wasn't that good, it's just so weird not having you at the cookouts. It's just not the same without you around. I miss your cooking especially the pasta salad, and taco dip, and trust me plenty of other things too. I'm sure Aunt Vickie & you were messing around with fireworks. You know how Aunt Vickie was always into that stuff. Well i'm gonna go. Talk to you later. Tell Grams & Poppy I been thinking about them. I know all of you hear me when I talk to you's.

MISS YOU MORE & MORE EACHDAY

I LOVE YOU

Jackie (B) McAllister

June 21, 2004

Hey Mom,

I just wanted to say hi.I miss you so much. It is getting harder as time passes. I know this is never going to get easier. I hope you had a good birthday, i'm sure Aunt Vickie & you were hanging out that day. I hope you liked the flowers & the balloon Stacy & I left for you. Mom I'm just asking for you to give all of us strength to continue with out you here. I know you are around all of us. I just want to see you again. I talk to you all the time. Please help me get through school, i know you are with me at school everyday. I'm sure your proud that I'm doing well in school. I only want to make you proud mom. Well I'm gonna go see ya later. I love you so much & miss you more than ever.

Love Ya

STACY CARSLEY

May 23, 2004

HI MOM

I HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD MOTHER'S DAY.

IT WAS NOT THE SAME & IT WAS HARD FOR ALL OF US.I KNOW YOU GOT ALL OUR STUFF,MY BALLOON FLEW OUT THE WINDOW SO I KNOW YOU GOT THAT ONE EARLY.YOU HAVE BEEN ON MY MIND SO MUCH LATELY,EVER SINCE YOU TALKED TO ME.I REALLY LOVED TALKING TO YOU.I KNOW IT WAS YOU TOO.I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE TELLING ME& I HOPE YOU REALIZED HOW MUCH WE ALL MISS YOU.I AM TRYING MY VERY BEST BUT ITS HARD.I SOMETIMES TALK TO YOU IN THE CAR WHEN I GO TO THE MALL,CAUSE WE WERE ALWAYS GOING TO THE MALL.I ALSO COULD SMELL YOU THE OTHER DAY,I DO KNOW YOU ARE AROUND BUT I REALLY WISH YOU WOULD TALK TO ME LIKE LAST SUNDAY.YOU CAN ANY TIME YOU WANT OK.MADISON IS GETTING SO BIG& SMART,SHE IS STARTING TO TALK,SHE SAYS MOM-MOM AND SHE HUGS & KISSES YOU EVERYDAY. SHE REALLY MISSES YOU.MOM I'M SORRY I DON'T WRITE MORE,BUT IT'S TOO HARD FOR ME,SO I TALK TO YOU INSTEAD OK.

I MISS AND LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART

JACKIE MCALLISTER

May 9, 2004

Hi Mom, I justed wanted to tell you Happy Mother's Day. I miss you so much. I feel like a part of me is missing. I know that you are with all of us. Please continue you help us get through this.I went to see you today & brought you flowers. Sorry I didnt bring Bailey, but him & I will be up to see you on Tuesday. I LOVE YOU & MISS U.

Love, B

STACY CARSLEY

April 27, 2004

HI MOM

I GUESS YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT I LOST THE BABY, I REALLY FEEL LIKE SHE/HE IS WITH YOU. I THINK THAT IT WILL HELP ALL OF US, TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE TAKING CARE OF THE BABY & ITS HELPS ME TO KNOW THAT THE BABY IS TAKING CARE OF YOU. MADI'S 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY IS HERE & I KNOW YOU WILL BE THERE TOO. I REALLY MISS YOU, I HOPE YOU ARE HEARING ME TALK TO YOU. I LOVE & MISS YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW.

Michaele Davis

April 14, 2004

Dear Fred, Stacy,B and Sherri,

I want to let all of you know how much I think about all of you all the time. I know you all are having a real hard time without your mom here. She is truly missed. My family and I really miss her too. It's been sad without her at the birthday dinners for my parents and now the first holiday without her. It's been hard to see Freddie so sad all the time. I think about your mom everyday and you guys too. Alyssa keeps saying she wants to go see Jackie and give her flowers. I promised her we will go when she was off for Easter but the weather didnt allow us. Stacy, I am so very happy for you. That is the best news you guys have had in a long time. Your mom is definitely still taking care of all of you!!! Jackie, we just want to let you know that we are all happy that we met you and that you became a part of our life.

Take care all of you!!!!!

MADISON CARSLEY

April 12, 2004

HI MY MOM-MOM

ITS ME YOUR MADI.I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU.

I HOPE YOU HEAR ME SAY GOOD NIGHT MOM-MOM WHEN I GO TO BED. GOOD MORNING MOM-MOM WHEN I WAKE UP. I KNOW YOU ARE IN MY ROOM,CAUSE MOMMY TELLS ME.THANK YOU FOR WATCHING OVER ME,I KNOW YOU DO CAUSE I SMILE WHEN I SLEEP. I'M GOING TO BED NOW I WILL SEE & TALK TO YOU IN MY DREAMS. I LOVE YOU MOM-MOM

LOVE MADI

stacy carsley

April 12, 2004

HI MOM,

I'M SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG FOR ME TO WRITE THIS TO YOU. I AM JUST HAVING A HARDER TIME THAN I THOUGHT.

I'M HAVING A REAL HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT YOU ARE GONE,CAUSE I STILL FEEL LIKE YOU ARE HERE.MY LIFE IS LONELY WITHOUT YOU,I SOMETIMES TALK TO YOU AS IF YOU WERE SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO ME. I KNOW YOU WANTED ALL OF US TO GO ON,BUT SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I JUST CAN'T.I MISS YOU MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW.THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME GET PREGNANT AGAIN,MADISON WILL HAVE A PLAYMATE. SHE MISSES YOU & EVERYDAY SHE SAYS MOM-MOM & KISSES YOUR PICTURE.I KNOW YOU ARE WITH US ALL I HOPE YOU KNOW I'M WITH YOU TOO.i HOPE YOU & AUNT VICKIE HAD A GOOD EASTER,THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE HARD. I WILL TALK TO YOU AGAIN SOON.

WE ALL LOVE & MISS YOU EVEN MADI

Jackie ( B ) McAllister

April 11, 2004

Hi Mom,

I wanted to say Happy Easter. I miss you so much. This is actually the first holiday without you around. It's really hard, but we are all trying to stay strong. It's hard getting by, especially when you were the one who always had Easter, everyone was always here to see you. I'm so lost without you. I went to see you today. I hope you like what i left you. Bailey & I will be up to see you in a couple days. Well i'm gonna go mom i'll talk to u later. I miss u more eachday.I LOVE U!!

Love, B

Jackie ( B ) McAllister

March 24, 2004

Hey Mom,

I just wanted to tell you hi. I talk to you everyday and I’m sure you hear me. It’s been a very long month and a long week since you were taken from us. I miss you so much. It’s really hard getting through each day without you. I took Bailey up to see you the other week, he misses you too. We are all trying to get through this dreadful time the best way we can, but its not easy at all. Well I started school on Monday. I actually like it so far and you know how I never liked school. I know when I’m sitting in class you are sitting right there with me. I just wish I could hear you tell me that I’m going to be fine, I can do it and Good Luck. Mom I know you believe in me and you always have. You have always been proud of all of us, and I will do my best to keep it that way. Please continue to give us strength everyday and look down on us. We will always be a family. We will all be together again one day.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND MISS U MORE AND MORE EACHDAY!

LOVE, B



Mom here is a poem i saw and thought about you.



A Mothers Love



To some love is just a word

To me it's a feeling

A feeling I get everytime I look into your eyes

A feeling I get when I realize your my mom

A mom who loves,shares,A mom who inspires

Unconditionally

What's that?

That's love

A mothers love

You returned that love time and time again

Possibly to much, nevertheless you did

Thank-you

Thank-you for being there when I needed you most

For being my rock when I should have been yours

Thank-you for believing in me, even when I doubted myself

For being the one person I could trust

No matter what, no matter where

But most of all thank-you for being you-my mom

A mom I am so proud to claim

I love you

Now and forever

Submitted by Trevor Duggan





They say memories are golden, well maybe that is true,

We never wanted memories, We only wanted you.

A million times we needed you, a million times we cried.

If love alone could have saved you, You never would have died.

In life we loved you dearly, In death we love you still,

In our hearts you hold a place no one else could ever fill.

If love could build a stairway and heartache build a lane,

We'd walk the path to heaven and bring you back again.

Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same.

But as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.



LOVE YOU MOM!!!

DOT JOHNSON

March 5, 2004

HI, JACKIE,

I REALLY MISS YOU MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY. WISH WE HAD OF SPENT ALOT MORE TIME TOGETHER. LIFE IS SO SHORT. JACKIE YOU KNOW I AM THERE FOR THE KIDS IF THEY NEED ME,AS I KNOW YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MINE. FRED MISSES YOU SO MUCH, HE WALKS AROUND LIKE A LOST PUUPY DOG, BUT WE WILL HELP HIM THROUGH THIS HARD TIME. JACKIE I KNOW YOU ARE STILL WITH US ONLY IN A DIFFERENT WAY BUT I STILL WOULD LKE TO TALK TO YOU AND LAUGH WITH YOU AND DO ALL THE THINGS WE MISSED DOING TOGETHER. I KNOW WE WILL BE TOGETHER SOME DAY,THAT WE WILL REUNITE AS A FAMILY AGAIN. OUR TIME TOGETHER WAS SO SHORT.MY HEART ACHS MORE THEN ANY ONE WILL EVER KNOW. JACKIE AS A SISTER YOU WERE TOPS. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE OR HOW FAR AWAY WE ARE. YOUR KIDS HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL JACKIE THEY HAVE YOU AS THEIR GAURDIAN ANGEL AND A GREAT ONE YOU ARE. YOUR COURAGE AND STRENGTH IS SOMETHING THEY CAN BE PROUD OF, AND YOU AS A PERSON A MOTHER,A MOM-MOM,A SISTER AND A GIRLFRIEND,ARE ONE THAT IS THE BEST OF BEST. JACKIE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME. I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. TAKE CARE AND MAY GOD BLESS.

March 3, 2004

When I Look To The Sky - Train



When it rains it pours and opens doors

And floods the floors we thought would always keep us safe and dry

And in the midst of sailing ships we sink our lips into the ones we love

That have to say goodbye



And as I float along this ocean I can feel you like a notion that won't seem to let me go



Cause when I look to the sky something tells me you're here with me

And you make everything alright

And when i feel like I'm lost something tells me you're here with me

And I can always find my way when you are here



And every word I didn't say that caught up in some busy day

And every dance on the kitchen floor we didn't dance before

And every sunset that we'll miss I'll wrap them all up in a kiss

And pick you up in all of this when I sail away



Whether I am up or down or in or out or just plane overhead

Instead it just feels like it is impossible to fly

But with you I can spread my wings to see me over everything that life may send me

When I am hoping it won't pass me by



And when I feel like there is no one that will ever know me there you are to show me

ROBIN CLARK

March 2, 2004

HI JACK,



ITS BEEN 2 LONG WEEKS. I MISS YOU SO MUCH, I DON'T GO A DAY WITHOUT THINKING OF YOU , TALKING ABOUT YOU, OR CRYING BECAUSE I MISS OUR TALKS ON THE NEXTEL.

I MISS EVERYTHING. YOUR VOICE, OUR TALKS, OUR DINNERS OUT AT THE DINER. I MISS YOU HELPING ME THROUGH ROUGHT TIMES, YOU CHECKING UP ON THE GUYS, AND UPCOMING BIKE RIDES.

I MISS YOUR VOICE AND YOUR LAUGH, I HEAR IT IN MY HEAD WITH ALL MY MEMORIES, AND ITS HARD TO DO WITHOUT CRYING. I AM HAVING TROUBLE JUST WRITING TO YOU NOW.



I KNOW YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME, AND EVERYONE DEAR TO YOU. I MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART.



LOVE ALWAYS,

YOUR BEST FRIEND ROBIN



P.S. THANK YOU FOR THE VALENTINES GIFT YOU HAD PUT AWAY FOR ME. I KNOW YOU PUT THOUGHT INTO IT, AND I LOVE IT.

STACEY DRAKE

March 2, 2004

DEAR JACKIE,



I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE MISSED SO MUCH. WORDS CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW LOVED AND APPRECIATED YOU WERE TO SO MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF AND ESPECIALLY MY MOM, YOUR BEST FRIEND. MY MOM MISSES YOU SO MUCH, AND I KNOW YOU WILL BE WATCHING OVER HER AS AN ANGEL. I TRY TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH HER TO KEEP HER BUSY, BUT ITS NOT THE SAME AS WHEN YOU WERE AROUND. YOU WERE THE BESTEST FRIEND ANY GIRL COULD HAVE AND MY MOM WAS SO LUCKY TO HAVE HAD YOU IN HER LIFE.MY MOM AND I CRY ALOT. WE ARE BOTH HAVING A REAL HARD TIME DEALING WITH THIS, BUT I KNOW YOUR WATCHING OVER US AND HELPING US GET THROUGH IT.



PLEASE WATCH OVER SHERRY, STACY, B, FRED, AND BAILEY. THEY MISS YOU MORE THAN ANYONE. WE ALL MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU SO MUCH JACKIE.

LOVE ALWAYS, STACEY

Jackie (B) McAllister

March 2, 2004

Hey Mom,

Well it has been really hard the last 2 weeks. Words cannot even express how much I miss you. You are a great mom to all of us, and a great mom-mom. The kids really miss you. Melina comes over and says where's mom-mom. It's sad, but she doesn't understand. We are all having a really tough time without you around. You were the rock of the family. Everynight when I go to bed I look at the picture of you in my room & when I wake up I am greeted with your smile. It helps alittle, but not much. I really wish I could see you face to face. What I would do to give you another hug, to talk to you, to hear your voice, and to ask your advice. You were the one who always made me feel better, and told me everything was going to be ok. I'm going to make you proud mom. I want to tell you that I am proud to be named after you. You are a great person. Mom you didn't even realize how many lives you have touched and how loved you are by everyone. Please continue to look down on us and help us feel you near. We all need you. We all miss you. Please give Stacy strength to get through this. She is really missing you. Madison see's a picture of you everyday and kisses it. She will alway's know her mom-mom. I know one thing for sure all of us have the best guardian angel. I LOVE YOU MOM!!

Love, B



Fred you are special to all of us, you were special to our mom. You will always be family.



How Do I Thank You, Mom Let Me Count the Ways...

Thank you for the bandaids,

the laughter and the tears,

your patient reassurance

throughtout my childhood fears.

Thank you for the values

your example helped me learn,

for always understanding,

for your caring and concern.

Thank you for your selflessness,

for all you said & did,

but thank you, mom most of all,

just for being you.

Sandy Kampf

February 21, 2004

Although we hadn't seen each other in years my thoughts and love were always there. Jackie was a wonderful mother, and a great friend.

We played together at MJ's as children, as adults we enjoyed our children. We will miss you.

Love,

Sandy

Patricia Wagner

February 19, 2004

My prayers are with the McAllister family-- I regret never meeting Jacqueline, but I do know Stacey and Kevin. Stacey I will keep your Mother in my prayers. God bless your and your sisters.

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